But this is what you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, smash their memorial stones, cut their Asherim to pieces, and burn their carved images in the fire. For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. (vv. 5-6)

The carved images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be trapped by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become designated for destruction, like it; you are to utterly detest it, and you are to utterly loathe it, for it is something designated for destruction. (vv.25-26)

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be discovered. (2 Peter 3:10)

The foundation of our salvation is God’s love and mercy. God did not choose any of us because of what we did well.

The Lord did not make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples, but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:7-8)

Those who misinterpret the law think that they can earn salvation by keeping the law. They use it to enslave others because the law brings fear and obedience. They take people back to Egypt. However, their falsely pious life attracts people. They continue to live that way until they die. The saints suffer under these idolaters. But God always looks after them and saves them in the end.

Churches around the world seek after wealth. Everything will melt, even their precious gold and money. The reason why they go after money is because they do not know God or His will. They say that the kingdom of God is coming. But they don’t believe it. God does not give them the wisdom to know Him. Therefore, all they have is the life on the earth. They exploit others to please themselves because this life is all they have.

The Reformed churches boast that they are true churches. However, I found out that many people boast about their wealth and believe that their wealth is proof of God’s blessing on them. They misinterpret the OT and think they are Abraham. The material blessings given to God’s people in the OT symbolize the riches of God’s salvation shown on the cross of Christ. Wealth in the OT is connected with the promised land, which symbolizes God’s kingdom. The material wealth that we have in this life is often a snare because it makes us proud.

And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. (Matthew 19:24)